Devotions for a Deeper Life
I finished this book on December 31, 2017.
"Unless you have His life you will never have real peace."
― Oswald Chambers - Devotions for a Deeper Life
"The dominant trait of a true saint is a personal, passionate, and overwhelming devotion to the Lord Jesus Christ."
― Oswald Chambers - Devotions for a Deeper Life
"No one can ever destroy the individual whose heart is in personal, passionate devotion to Jesus."
― Oswald Chambers - Devotions for a Deeper Life
"He brings the friends we need at the right time, and He removes them just at the right time. It is their removal that is the hardest lesson for us to accept."
― Oswald Chambers - Devotions for a Deeper Life
"The fundamental characteristic of a life of faith is a definite breaking away of everything that ruled our sinful past, and a determined and disciplined claiming of God's Word."
― Oswald Chambers - Devotions for a Deeper Life
"We are not saved and filled with the Holy Spirit to do any special work, but simply to let God work through us."
― Oswald Chambers - Devotions for a Deeper Life
"Suffering is grand when the heart is right with God. Through suffering we gain a friendship with God."
― Oswald Chambers - Devotions for a Deeper Life
"The prophets of the Bible were not people who spoke and wrote merely from pious reflection. Prophets of God were — and are — men and women moved by the Holy Spirit!"
― Oswald Chambers - Devotions for a Deeper Life
"Intimacy with Christ comes only by abandoning yourself to Him."
― Oswald Chambers - Devotions for a Deeper Life
"He became sin so that He might destroy sin in us."
― Oswald Chambers - Devotions for a Deeper Life
"Only in Jesus do we find what our hearts and minds crave."
― Oswald Chambers - Devotions for a Deeper Life
"The Christian life is a holy life. Do not substitute the word happy; happiness is a consequence of holiness."
― Oswald Chambers - Devotions for a Deeper Life
"Are you truly honest with God — enough to allow Him to rule your heart, mind, and life?"
― Oswald Chambers - Devotions for a Deeper Life
"God will never show you what is wrong with someone else; that is not your business. He wants you to bring the case to Him."
― Oswald Chambers - Devotions for a Deeper Life
"The Holy Spirit is the presence of God in the heart of man. The Holy Spirit is the gift of Jesus Christ to mankind. And when He dwells within us, we want only to praise our God."
― Oswald Chambers - Devotions for a Deeper Life
"Discipling converts for Jesus Christ is the chief characteristic of a mature Christian."
― Oswald Chambers - Devotions for a Deeper Life
"Soul winning requires patience, gentleness, and endurance."
― Oswald Chambers - Devotions for a Deeper Life
"In order to catch men for the Lord Jesus Christ, you must love Jesus Christ beyond all others. Have a consuming passion for Him, and then He will flow through you in a yearning to draw men to Himself."
― Oswald Chambers - Devotions for a Deeper Life
"But when Jesus Christ brings us into communion with God, He does not give us a set of rules and prohibitions. He does not call us to make ourselves nothing. Rather, He transforms our bodies, our relationships, our possessions, and every aspect of our lives as He reconciles us to God."
― Oswald Chambers - Devotions for a Deeper Life
"We need to view people as Christ seems them. We must love people as God does."
― Oswald Chambers - Devotions for a Deeper Life
"I must know Jesus Christ personally before I can help someone else to know Him."
― Oswald Chambers - Devotions for a Deeper Life
"True knowledge is to be found in God's Word."
― Oswald Chambers - Devotions for a Deeper Life
"Every case of stupidity recorded in the Bible is punished by God, so this is a serious matter. Disobedient individuals must be held accountable. God will reprove them. God will not tolerate sin!"
― Oswald Chambers - Devotions for a Deeper Life
"When the Word of God has pierced your mind, your heart, and your spirit, it will begin its wonder-working way."
― Oswald Chambers - Devotions for a Deeper Life
"The real test of discipleship is not so much a fast start as a faithful ongoing."
― Oswald Chambers - Devotions for a Deeper Life
"If you have had your natural fascination for Jesus broken, thank God. If you have tried your loyal best to follow Him — if you have worshiped Him, given all you know how to Him, and yet it is failure and defeat and disappointment — you are just in the place to receive the Holy Spirit and be born again from above."
― Oswald Chambers - Devotions for a Deeper Life
"We must proclaim the one thing the New Testament demands, which is the right relationship to the Lord Jesus Christ."
― Oswald Chambers - Devotions for a Deeper Life
"Be patient with the Lord when He directs you into unaccustomed paths. He has a greater plan for you than the human mind can fathom."
― Oswald Chambers - Devotions for a Deeper Life
"You must decide once and for all whether you will serve the Lord."
― Oswald Chambers - Devotions for a Deeper Life
"When Jesus Christ comes on the scene, the truth of God stands out clear. All the praying and all the struggling are to no avail. You must act. You must surrender. God cannot help you do it; human friends cannot help you do it. You must decide of your volition whether you will surrender to Jesus Christ. As soon as you surrender, He saves. As soon as you present your body as a living sacrifice, He entirely sanctifies."
― Oswald Chambers - Devotions for a Deeper Life
"God makes no distinction between Jew or Gentile. Anyone may, at the Cross of Jesus, find forgiveness of sins and entire sanctification."
― Oswald Chambers - Devotions for a Deeper Life
"He will keep you in perfect peace. But there is a condition: If you keep your mind stayed on Him."
― Oswald Chambers - Devotions for a Deeper Life
"We have to remember Whose we are and Whom we serve."
― Oswald Chambers - Devotions for a Deeper Life
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